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The conflict over West Coast fisheries is not over the number of fish Indians want to take, said the head of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.
The real issue is how much of their fishery Natives are willing to share with the non-Native, commercial fishermen, Saul Terry said.
"These guys are interlopers in these territories," he said. "What they're trying…
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A B.C. Natives' lobby over control of their own education will wait until the federal Conservatives have a new leader.
The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs has worked for the past year to secure greater control over education for Native communities, said Ray Hance, chairman for the Steering Committee on Indigenous Education.
"But Mulroney spoiled it," he…
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A B.C. Natives' lobby over control of their own education will wait until the federal Conservatives have a new leader.
The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs has worked for the past year to secure greater control over education for Native communities, said Ray Hance, chairman for the Steering Committee on Indigenous Education.
"But Mulroney spoiled it," he…
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A B.C. Natives' lobby over control of their own education will wait until the federal Conservatives have a new leader.
The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs has worked for the past year to secure greater control over education for Native communities, said Ray Hance, chairman for the Steering Committee on Indigenous Education.
"But Mulroney spoiled it," he…
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A B.C. Natives' lobby over control of their own education will wait until the federal Conservatives have a new leader.
The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs has worked for the past year to secure greater control over education for Native communities, said Ray Hance, chairman for the Steering Committee on Indigenous Education.
"But Mulroney spoiled it," he…
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The chief of Davis Inlet is disgusted with the government of Newfoundland.
Provincial representatives are not willing to let the Innu from the remote, poverty-stricken Labrador community decide what is best for them, Katie Rich said.
"They don't want to deal with us nation-to-nation," she said. "They want to treat us like children. We have the right to make our own…
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The chief of Davis Inlet is disgusted with the government of Newfoundland.
Provincial representatives are not willing to let the Innu from the remote, poverty-stricken Labrador community decide what is best for them, Katie Rich said.
"They don't want to deal with us nation-to-nation," she said. "They want to treat us like children. We have the right to make our own…
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The chief of Davis Inlet is disgusted with the government of Newfoundland.
Provincial representatives are not willing to let the Innu from the remote, poverty-stricken Labrador community decide what is best for them, Katie Rich said.
"They don't want to deal with us nation-to-nation," she said. "They want to treat us like children. We have the right to make our own…
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The chief of Davis Inlet is disgusted with the government of Newfoundland.
Provincial representatives are not willing to let the Innu from the remote, poverty-stricken Labrador community decide what is best for them, Katie Rich said.
"They don't want to deal with us nation-to-nation," she said. "They want to treat us like children. We have the right to make our own…
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Employees of the Bear Claw casino mistook RCMP officers for heavily-armed masked thieves when the police crashed through the casino's front doors in a pre-dawn raid March 22.
"Casino people were just closing up," Shepherd said. "They thought they were being robbed. The people were masked and did not identify themselves."
The hooded, gun-toting assembly burst into…
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Employees of the Bear Claw casino mistook RCMP officers for heavily-armed masked thieves when the police crashed through the casino's front doors in a pre-dawn raid March 22.
"Casino people were just closing up," Shepherd said. "They thought they were being robbed. The people were masked and did not identify themselves."
The hooded, gun-toting assembly burst into…
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Employees of the Bear Claw casino mistook RCMP officers for heavily-armed masked thieves when the police crashed through the casino's front doors in a pre-dawn raid March 22.
"Casino people were just closing up," Shepherd said. "They thought they were being robbed. The people were masked and did not identify themselves."
The hooded, gun-toting assembly burst into…
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Employees of the Bear Claw casino mistook RCMP officers for heavily-armed masked thieves when the police crashed through the casino's front doors in a pre-dawn raid March 22.
"Casino people were just closing up," Shepherd said. "They thought they were being robbed. The people were masked and did not identify themselves."
The hooded, gun-toting assembly burst into…
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Environment, culture play a part in course adaptations
It's 6:30 a.m. A handful of students from Moose Factory Island near James Bay, Ont., gather on the banks of the Moose River. When the canoe comes, it will take them across the river to the Moosonee Campus of the James Bay Education Centre, where classes for the nursing program promptly begin at 8 a.m.
But for…
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Environment, culture play a part in course adaptations
It's 6:30 a.m. A handful of students from Moose Factory Island near James Bay, Ont., gather on the banks of the Moose River. When the canoe comes, it will take them across the river to the Moosonee Campus of the James Bay Education Centre, where classes for the nursing program promptly begin at 8 a.m.
But for…